trees department clear. clear. please partner with more at. least one more. week right here in the we're going to clear. out right now ok. if you want to search on the search back and just make sure that we just make sure that. he isn't under some clothing or. hiding spot and it's the first time i didn't hear any kind of movement in here as we approach still i don't think they're here. so what we're doing is. we're going to search the search the garage make sure that there is no. appears that nobody was home because i hear any kind of movement. but we do have a search warrant an arrest warrant so we went and we made entry over there was very much i had searched the searched residence he didn't need to be home first. of all parts of what was the same thing and same thing as. far as. again paraphernalia photographs letters and so forth ok. now it's up to the investigators they are going to search the entire house for evidence. from the pigs but i see. the notebook of lyrics full of hatred towards law enforcement clubber it that the fugitive belongs to the gang

department's position. and if we weren't replacing the eight trees with 11 new trees of equal or better value, we would -- we would be in a much different place. and i guess with all due respect to the department's opinion, we've asked web corps, and they've given us their opinion that there isn't a feasible alternative method. so frankly, i think unless the department can find their own expert to testify to refute our expert's testimony on declaration on this subject, we hope the appeal board will trust web corps' opinion that the feasible method, the only feasible method for this unique system is for the removal of these trees. in order to avoid -- in order to avoid hazard as defined in the code. thank you. >> ms. short. >> carla short, department of public works. i think the responsibility is on the project to identify the alternatives. the responsibility of my division of public works is to protect trees in the public right of way. i don't know if they've explored closing the sidewalk. i know it's possible. it happens. we see it happening. and we know that you have to do it and sometimes make pedestrians

trees. the industry standard is three to five years so unfortunately, the department has been failing in our responsibility to maintain the streets. two-thirds of property owners have maintenance responsibility for their trees. for those property owners, they have basically been getting the benefit of this city performing that work for them. already two-thirds of property owners have that maintenance responsibility. dtw is actively looking for alternatives to this program and with the planning department, we have a study looking at financing strategy and it would be our preference to be responsible for maintaining all of the trees in the city and identifying new locations and have a robust tree maintenance program. but unless and until we have long-term financing in place, the department cannot continue to do it. >> here we are, going to be approving green tree planting, $1.1 million with the funds requested. we are planting trees and it's almost like we are creating problems for ourselves 15 years from now moving into the future. i am curious to know if there is any kind of thought around t

supervisor wiener: i am in opposition to supervisor olague's tree the planning department made a determination when it was first introduced. it did go to the building inspection commission where it was endorsed by the commission. as i noted, this is not changing density controls, bulk, rear yard or front yard setback. it is simply the building code. when a project goes through the process, there are multiple hurdles you have to get through. one of them is the building code and the other is density controls. the cu process and the other processes we have in san francisco -- there is no reason for this to go to the planning department or to the planning commission as it is a building code change. i also want to respond to the one comment by supervisor olague that we need more family housing. absolutely. we need a lot of different kinds of housing. we certainly need more family housing. if you look at it -- the demographics, there are also a lot, we have a disproportionately high number of single people living in the city and they might be transitional age youth, they might be seniors, they might

trees. we have various departments in this city like the department of the environment, other people who talk about a carbon footprint of this city. but i represent the first people of this area and i can have some say about trees. we need trees here. we need to put our priorities -- if you talk about a carbon), we have to make moneys available. we have 80 billion in this city -- there are filthy rich people in this city. if we talk about private enterprise and having stakeholders who are private, we need to garner some support so our trees are taken care of. this mickey mouse business of planting trees and having arbitrary timetables to maintain them, handing them over in a nonchalant manner should stop and you supervisors as representatives can mandate some of the suggestions i brought before you. thank you very much. [tone] supervisor avalos: next speaker please. >> i'm with the san francisco bicycle coalition. we are in support of lot of things in this proposal. i will not speak to the trees at all. the original bight share pilot, we are excited that very soon we will have some bite share

the street tree inventory is coming up with the department of public works and defense of the rainforest. we have been tried to do this for a long time, inventory the trees in the city right away. we are working with the d b i and the department tracking system, of course. as i said earlier, it is about 40% complete. the transportation sustainability program, legislation has been introduced and we are very excited about that and moving into the environmental review phase of that project. we are in negotiations with the contractor on that. in the central corridor, we are one year into the process. we introduced the final range of alternatives that we wanted to study. we are looking at, of course, spending a lot of time on the proposed warriors arena. as you can see, the mayor has proposed a cup of positions before that as well. in terms of changes -- supervisor chu: before you move on, these are all simply major department initiatives funded by the general, correct? >> they are not all general fund. you can see the second call on the slide. the only one that is not is the warriors are bee

>> this is the dollar one. >> i remember that from my tree classes. >> warren knows as much as do i, he's just in the wrong department. we're going to recruit him. >> so, what they call silver dollar. the leaves are the shape and size of silver dollars. silver dollar. >> this is another tree that we see fairly often in san francisco, although, not a tree that we, currently recommend as a street tree, but we'll never take out a tree because it is the wrong species. it, there has to be some reason to remove it. >> how about this giant lean, is that a reason to be concerned? >> it is a reason to be concerned not to remove it. if we were seing this sidewalk coming up, on this side, again, then we would be a little concerned that the lean is increasing and it is lifting the sidewalk and at that point we might say, you know, it is not really safe, you can't repair the sidewalk, the tree will have to come out. the lean of the tree is not in the path of travel for pedestrians and not over the street. it is not a huge problem in terms of, of the access that we need. and that would be another reason why a tree might come out.

trees. i copied that to the department of public works. they came out to retaliate against me. they send somebody out after 5:00 p.m. the man said he was not even going to be paid for it. they cited me for hairline cracks as a retaliation for me pointing out a hazard. i had to go to the newspapers, because they were not want to do anything about it for two years. a month ago, at safeway, a trip on the -- i have photographs here for all of you. i tripped on the sidewalk at safeway. it was a 2.5 inch high trip hazard. i have been injured. my neck is injured. i reported that to the department of public works. the inspector would not return my calls. i called twice for his supervisor, botts. i got him to luckily answer the phone the second time. he refused to tell me what any of the property owners there had been cited for. he said it would require a sunshine ordinance to find that out. that is no guarantee you will find that out. he refused to tell me how high a trip hazard has to be before he will cite somebody. i am injured. it has affected my ability to work as a bomb maker. th

the department queens and resurfaces streets, maintains trees and designs and maintains city-owned facilities. remove graffiti and provides cleaning services to 24 hours a day, seven days a week. the organizational truck has over -- who are responsible for providing these functions and discipline. both are all work together to fulfill the mission of public works in delivering world-class service. we began the process of updating our 2012 strategic plan. which has allowed us to integrate a lot of the mariposa jobs initiative. as well as allow us to prepare work plans and performance plans for our employees. as you know, we do have a number of [unintelligible] and we are responsible for implementing and managing many of the city's capital projects. illegal dumping continues to be a huge problem in many of our neighborhoods. leaving it on a sidewalk which is an extensive campaign in ecology. we're forming a new partnership with retired police officers and sheriff's as well as the san francisco [unintelligible] a lot of illegal dumping does happen around the sides and hopefully that partnership w

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are saying larch trees that are snapped like toothpicks up at three large trees that are stacked like toothpicks. fire department crews have a command post here. they are checking out side streets off of route 1 and some of the homes to see if anyone is injured in those locations. we do know at least five people are hurt up in this area. we are still trying to get more information we just now a ride on scene. we are in the process of scoping this out. do you have questions? >> we are looking at the same pictures. we wonder if that was not a tornado. you said it looks like it should have been. >> can you give us the court that on those roads? >> if you are -- can you give us the coordinates on those roads? take that all the way up to hard for road near the car dealership. it is across the street from the walmart. fire crews are searching areas diligently. we only have confirmed by people this.are injured from this fro they are party won. does that help you out? >> what is the zip code or town? >> the false and area -- the fallston area. where the old hospital used to be. >> that was a powerful storm. i would not

. >> reporter: the trees are old growth hemlock and maryland's departments of agriculture and natural resources, aim to save most of them >> i am hoping by the end of the day we have 4,000. >> reporter: takes a trip to the internet to see the enemy the size of a popty seed, hwa beetle settles in and protects itself. >> it is a wax they produce, out of their backs and sides. >> reporter: inside those tiny wax shelters the beetle is sucking the trees nutrients, destroying new growth >> kills the tree. >> reporter: so the hemlocks are being given a shot of poison, to kill the beetles from inside out. injectors go into shallow holes, air pressure provides force as each injector valve is open the tree receives a shot at life from a beet that will found its way here in a tree imported from japan. winter usually kills up to 80% of the beetles, usually. >> this warm went they are year, i've seen less than 10% of the population die. >>> protecting these trees not only saves habitat but keep it is past alive. >> it is nice to save these trees a lot of these are old growth hemlock they have been

public works department wants to budget a million dollars to plant new trees and replace old ones to eautiful, officials say the city can't afford to maintain them so the department is trying to transfer maintenance to homeowners even if they had no say in planting the trees. so far 65,000 out of 100,000 trees have been put under the care of homeowners. >>> there may be another reason this morning to keep drinking coffee. new study shows people 55 and older who drink three cups a day avoid the onset of alzheimer's. also for people who have a mild form of the cognitive impairment. coffee more specifically, caffeine, seems to keep the disease at bay. the study will be published today. >>> kansas man who caught a fleeting glimpse of the golden gate bridge on his way to the vietnam war is in san francisco this morning making up for lost time. 63-year-old larry richardson was so taken by the beauty of the bridge he built his own 150 feet long a replica over a creek on his farm. the construction took him 10 years. he's in town to see the bridge he's dreamed off since 1969. >> i don't know,

. >>> a heads up for san francisco the city plants a new tree on your block you may have to take care of it. public works departmentwants to budget a million dollars to officials say the city can't an forward to maintain them. public wores trying to transfer -- works is trying to transfer -- so far 65,000 out of 100,000 trees have been put under the care of homeowners. >>> professor has won a half million dollar prize from m.i.t.. the massachusetts institute of technology awarded the professor steven quake the 2012 prize one of his recent inventions was a tkhaeup allowed scientists to take 10,000 measurements at once. -- [ unintelligible ] >>> there may be another reason to keep drinking coffee. new study shows people 65 and old drink three cups a day avoid the onset of alzheimer's thises go goes for people who already have a mild for of the cognitive impairment. coffee and more specifically, caffeine seems to keep the disease at bay the study will be published today. >>> a man who caught a fleeting glimpse of the golden gate bridge on his way to fight in the vietnam war is in san francisco this morning. he was so

one tree punched a hole in the side of a brick house. the worst damage is in wards 4 and 5. department of transportation said it's got over a hundred tree related service. >>> and now affecting the gulf coast that's where residents are bracing for a super soaker. tropical storm debby is forcing crews to stop the gas production off the coast. they have evacuated one drilling rig. people along the gulf coast are stocking up on supplies there. many buying water, flash fighli an plywood. >>> one of the jets that was shot down in syria was not spying on the country. coast guard ships are searching for two pilots. syria shot it down over the med tranian sea. they said they'd take necessary action against syria. >>> and egypt will release results from the disputed presidential election. some hope it will put an end to the struggle between islamists and the military. egypt held a two-day runoff election between a candidate from the muslim brotherhood and a member of hosni mubarak's former regime. both claimed victory prompting the runoff. no right now, jerry sandusky is reportedly on suicide w

trees and power lines, tore roofs off several homes. the worst damage reports are out of wards 4 and 5. the d.c. department of transportation said it's got more than 100 tree related service requests. >>> thousands are expected to gather on the campus in support of the former president at the university of virginia. they'll hold it for theresa sullivan. the school board forced her to resign and offering no explanation as to why. the board will meet to discuss whether or not to reinstate sulliv sullivan. the governor said to resolve the situation or he'll ask them to resign. >>> egypt's top elections commission will release results from the disputed presidential election. some hope it will put an end to the power struggle between islamists and the military. here's a look at tahrir square in cairo. egypt held a two-day runoff election between the muslim brotherhood and a member from hosni mubarak's former regime. >>> right now, jerry sandusky is reportedly on suicide watch. one of sandusky's lawyers said the former penn state assistant coach was separated from what general prison population and put under ind

tree was blown off. debris littered the yard here. >> the neighbor next door to me, they left the house. they had the fire department here. some branches fell on their roof, the second floor. i never saw the type of wind before. >> trees came down across baltimore. the mayor activated the city's emergency operation center. one large tree crashed down in front of the eyewitness news studios. blocking access to the top of television hill. >> there was a lot of heavy rain. a lot of lightning. a lot of thunder. lot of trees, tree limbs down. power outages. traffic signals were out. a lot of wind. >> reporter: and this is what it looked like as the wind blew through maryland. heavy rain led to flash flooding in areas. it initially left 1 1/2 million people in an area from maryland to virginia without power. more than 400,000 of them are bge customers for some, it could dee days before that power is restored and today will be one of the hottest days of the year. rain obscured the camera at the white house. many roads are closed. a woman died in northern virginia. near 80 mile-per-hour gusts closed the chesapeake bay bridg

had to deal with, power lines being down, they create the hazard for fire department to maneuver through the roadways, the treesdown causing the same problem. and power lines, of course, are still energized so we have to be aware of where those are located. sometimes when the storm comes through and it's heavy rain especially like that, you can't see. it makes 1,000 times harder to do your job. >> what are you expecting this morning? have you been out to survey the damage? are people dealing with downed lines and road closures? >> road between harford road and 152 is still closed. doing what they have to do to get the power restored to the citizens and the commercial businesses in that area, too. the weather service is going to come out and assess what that was in that area. harford closed between mountain road. >> there's thought there was a tornado? >> we don't know. that's where they have to get out there and do their job and determine what the weather event was that caused that damage. >> regardless, we know you'll be very busy this morning. thanks so much for spending time to talk with us. we appreciate it

tree fell on their tent. let's bring in larry, a spokesperson for the new jersey department of environmental protection. are you with us? >> yes i am. how are you today? >> fine, larry. i was devastated when we heard earlier in our previous hour about these two young boys. what can you tell us? what happened? obviously a massive shock. >> it's a sad day when you lose two young boys ages 2 and 7 from south jersey who were with their respective families looking for a nice weekend out in the summer in the country. they were cousins these two boys and they were -- both of their families had camp sites that were adjacent to each other and they were just enjoying, you know, what they hoped was a beautiful weekend when the storms that had raged through from washington, maryland, and up hit south jersey. the storms, the winds came through, heavy rains. the family told our police that they were a bit afraid. one family went and huddled together with the other family in their tent. tragically this is right under a tree that broke due to extremely severe winds. a pine tree that literally snapped in a pretty severe

twins ahern's father continue to fight for a full reverie >> and the forest department is checking to see if complaints about the trees were received prior to this accident. reporting live row shell richey, wjz eyewitness news >> thank you. the victim is being treated at sigh nigh hospital >>> one of the highest-paid athletes in the world is a baltimore raven. you may be surprised to find out which one. it is defense tackle helodinada. he is the 12th highest paid athlete in the world over the last few month, earn more than $37 million in salary and bonuses. boxer floyd mayweather tops it list with $80 million in total earnings in the last year >>> pretty soon that will be turn money >> [ laughing ] a lot less risk to be a weatherman? take a look at temps around the region. not too bad. sticky, but worse tomorrow. dew points there at 70 degrees. east winds at 10. the barometer holding steady. come back and take a look at a halve right after this. ,,,,,,,, i'll have the $4 everyday value slam with... bacon. wait... yeah... well, yeah, bacon. and my eggs sunny side-up. no, umm, over-easy. the $4 everyday value slam. one

tree just topple over. no one was injured or killed. this is a huge capital need of the department i am glad to see that we are prioritizing it. >> thank you, supervisor. with a limited staffing resources we have come to our forestry crews is almost entirely focused on being reactive and responding to complaints and emergencies that come across their desks and that are called in. what these funds allow is to take a more pro-active approach towards managing our urban forests and making sure it is safe and also continues to be healthy. so the next program is our trails program. another $4 million. we focus on capital improvements in this program to trails, particularly erosion control and public access. there was a process that identified three criteria to guide the selection of trails that would be funded by the 2008 bond and we wanted to continue the use of those criteria which are excess, conservation, and safety. -- action, conservation, and safety. this program was hugely popular. there was only $5 million budget. we were encouraged by the popularity and success and we wanted to

trees across many roads. drivers need to take heed of the rules of the road. the howard county health department says traving pooling after severe weather is one of the biggest traffic safety issues that. the bottom line is when stop lines are not working, you treat the stop light as four-way stop sign. just because you are on the main road doesn't mean you can keep racing through and to avoid accidents people into need to be careful about that and drive more slowly than usual because there are a ton of trees down. >> don't forget to turn on the wipers whenever you have the car's headlights on. john is joining us back again, so mu the question is: what is really going to happen tonight? >> the at os officer is not as bad as it was yesterday. little more comfortable today. >> it is. >> a bit of a breeze. that storm passing through stabilized thing as little bit. it is a little bit more unstable than it was this morning. we'll talk about the instability and what that could do to thus evening. coming up with the insta-weather plus forecast. all right. we are looking live at the operation center. th

buildings collapsed, roofs were torn off, tree limbs and light poles were knocked down. the fire department the affiliate that at least four people were hurt. >>> the u.n. human rights council has authorized an investigation into last week's massacre of 108,000 civilians. russia, china voted against that resolution. syria says armed terrorist groups carried out the massacre. a claim at odds with survivor attacks. >>> and a man accused of killing 16 civilians is now facing other charges. part of the defense may focus on whether his client used steroids and who supplied them. >>> how about wall street, it had its bloodiest day this year with stocks dropping 2% following ugly jobs report. the dow lost 275 points for the day. erasing all of its gains for the year. >>> baseball history tonight in new york city. >> he struck him out! >> it has happened. in their 51st season, johan santana has thrown the first no-hitter in new york mets history. >> and there it is, johan santana struck out david freese on the 134th pitch of the game for the final out of the 8-0 win. congratulations to johan santan

and the forest department checking to see if complaints were received about the trees prior to the accident. reporting live, row shell richey, wjz news >>> an anyplace man is charged with raping a teenager. s ago already are a is now being held on $2 million bail. police say he sexual assaulted a 13-year-old girl saturday. the girl's father said he is an acquaintance of the family >>> denise is in the newsroom with details on a man's release >> reporter: he walked out of jail after serving 20 days of a 30-day sentence partially two to good behavior. the student is convicted of bias for using a web cam to watch his roommate's sexual important with another man. he faces three years of promotion and more than $11,000 in finds. his roommate committed suicide after learning that ravi speed on him. the story has been used as an example of whack go wrong when gay are bullied >> both sides are appealing the sentence. prosecutors say he should serve more time for his actions; but the defense said he's not guilty >>> it could take weeks to receive toxicology tests from an autopsy on rodney king. toni

buildings collapsed, roofs were torn off, tree limbs and light poles were knocked down. the fire departmentls wmai at least four people were hurt. >>> the u.n. human rights council has authorized an investigation into last week's massacre of 108,000 civilians. syria says armed terrorist groups carried out the massacre. a 360 follow low up. a connecticut mother is suing the city of stanford. she claims the city of stanford destroyed her home and intentionally destroyed evidence. the city says it tore down the home two days after the fire because it was unsafe. >>> the american soldier accused of murdering 16 civilians in afghanistan in march is now facing steroid and alcohol abuse charges. staff sergeant robert bell's lawyer indicated part of the defense may focus on whether his client used steroids and who supplied them. wall street had its bloodiest day this year after it dropped 2%. the dow lost 275 points a day erasing all its gains for a year. there's lots of excitement for a rare astronomical event. on tuesday venus will slowly cross the face of the sun appearing as a small black dot.